Will GWB listen?

Yeah, I know it’s really early in the voting (as I write, the program has only just hit the CNN airwaves), but the first results of today’s Wolf Blitzer poll continue to demonstrate that the Bushies are completely out of touch with not only the non-US world, but the residents of this country as well.  Wolf’s poll question for today:

Who’s the number one threat facing the United States:

Saddam Hussein
Kim Jong Il
Osama bin Laden

As I write this, just over 2000 votes have been recorded, and the respondents have made one thing perfectly clear ... it ain’t Saddam.  At this point, Kim seems to have pulled out into a small lead over bin Laden, with Dubya’s favorite candidate far, far in arrears.  A link to the poll results is here.

So why does Dubya insist on ignoring North Korea, mentioning al-Qaeda only when lying about its (non)connection to Saddam, and buildingbuildingbuilding his military forces aimed at Iraq?  Is it revenge for the alleged assassination attempt against Poppy?  Is it black-ops intelligence about WMD that we-the-people don’t know about?  Is it all about commercial interests and the Iraqi oilfields?  Is it really anticipated to be the first stage of the influx of Western-style democracy that will transform the Middle East from top to bottom?  Is it the word of God passed through the strong right arm of America’s president, smiting evil and fulfilling prophecy on the way to an apocalyptic endtime?

Comments

Heh, we both linked the poll, I see.

Good post; I’d say you’re probably close to the truth, too.

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